KFLCC / New Age Bible Versions - Gail Riplinger

Despite the fact that Jesus said he would "prepare a place for" those who were not going to "a place of torment" (Luke 16:28), Westcott said each was "a state and not a place."2i Again, new version editors merge minds with the cults. Buddhism: hell: "condition of feeling and emotion not loci ."22 Unity: hell: "a state of consciousness.. .a state of mind ."23 Mind Science: hell: "mental states ."24 Liberal scholars and cults disagree with conservatives regarding the length of punishment for the lost. So as one scholar notes, "[I]n view of the present controversy about the distinction between. . .eternal and everlasting" punishment, new versions have replaced the highly explicit word 'everlasting' with the non-descriptive word 'etemal'.25 Everlasting is "objected to by the unbelieving schools," the scholar notes, and is typified by 'New' Greek editor B.F. Westcott who finds everlasting punishment (Matthew 25:46) "wholly inconceivable.'^ Everlasting: Lasting Forever

NEW VERSION EDITOR "We have no sure knowledge respecting the duration of future punishment, and the word eternal has a far higher meaning."28 F.J.A. Hort

MORMONISM

"[P]unishment. . .may endure for one hour, one week, or one year, or an age."27 The Plan of Salvation

ARMSTRONGISM "Everlasting" means age ending. "The translation everlasting is misleading, since the fire itself will not burn forever."29 UNITY "There is no warrant for the belief that God sends men to everlasting punishment."30 Charles Filmore